Originally Posted By: Dapper_Don
Originally Posted By: pizzaboy
Originally Posted By: Strax
Quiet Dom is still active for sure.

For sure?

He probably is still somewhat active, but you can't say "for sure."

Matty was probably completely retired at the time of his death. Same goes for Mario Gigante and a slew of other 90 year old Genovese guys.

No offense, but I think some people are just buying too much into the legend. A ninety year old guy is a ninety year old guy. Mafioso or not, he's not going to be taking on major stress or decision making at that stage of his life.


Agreed, except for Sonny Franzese who was shaking down strip joints in his 90s.

Yeah, Sonny Franzese is a freak of nature. But guys like him and Chinky are few and far between. I stand by my assertion that alive doesn't always equal active. For all anyone knows, Benny Eggs and Mario Gigante are as coherent today as the Yankee Bean guy on Seinfeld.

Re Sonny Franzese: I think Sonny's rationale for staying active was making up for lost time. With all the murders he committed and all the crimes he was guilty of in his life, he just never got over being "framed" and sent away for all those years for the one crime he didn't commit.

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